Pokemon SAVED By Regional Forms 

Which regional variant is your favorite? ....You probably don't need to guess mine lol

Hisuian Zoroark has THREE immunities, actually. It's awesome.

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Running both versions of Zoroark on the same team is insanely fun to play with and against.

1:21 slight correction 4 move slot syndromes is when 4 move slot is not enough to cover all the basis for a Pokémon to do their job. Muk is run qs bulky pokemon that can throw a few puches. Muk want to run Curse for set up, Poison Jab for STAB, Fighting, Ice, or Ghost move for coverage, Rest for recovery and Explosion for burst damage on bulky mons.

I've always really liked Alolan Raichu. There's just something so funny about the lore for its change is "it ate some pancakes and got Psychic powers". It probably isn't substanctially better but its still cool.

Hisuian Pokémon are some of the best regional variants in the series, they are all outstanding designs and really feel like improvements on their base forms. Hisuian Zoroark is probably the most popular hisuian form outside of competitive which is obviously Hisuian Arcanine.

9:22 "3" Immunities, Normal, Fighting, and Ghost, giving it a single weakness in Dark

I have a soft spot for Alolan Marowak. I went through a run of X without ever evolving a Cubone in my party, so I could then move it to Sun and have an Alolan Marowak with the Kalos Champion ribbon. Just a silly little challenge I made for myself.

9:17 3 immunities; a Normal Ghost type is immune to Ghost type moves, Fighting type moves, and Normal type moves. :P

1:17 I'm pretty sure "Four Move Syndrome" means "You only have 4 moves to work with your more than four moves you need".

It’s weird to consider a Pokémon “saved” by a regional considering nothing about the original changes

While Fire/Rock is terrible defensively, it's actually a very good offensive type combo, which is probably why Hisuian Arcanine is good. For reference, only the following type combos resist Fire/Rock: Dragon/Fighting Dragon/Ground Fighting/Rock Fighting/Water Ground/Rock Ground/Water

Been breeding for shiny Hisuian Zorua for two days and finally hatched two this morning and I think my other favorite regionals have to be Hisuian Growlithe and Sneasel/Sneasler. Although I guess Sneasler is just a new mon but hey, it's too sassy to ignore and I love it. Regional forms are easily the best idea GF has had in years.

I'd say you forgot to mention how Raichu finally got its due in some way in an Alolan form, but only somewhat helped up through a Terrain sweeper role with a slightly boosted coverage. Also, you kinda forgot to bring up the Paldean forms, but then again, they've not had much time to really say in impact. Also find the regional evo siblings & how they may've helped up or avenged their fallen siblings (such as how Sneasler has been avenging Weavile, Kleavor helping Scizor, & how Clodsire could tagteam with Quagsire)

They weren't "saved", they were replaced by the regional variants. Kantonian Ninetales still sucks while alolan ninetales just takes over for it. Unless they buff the older pokemon they will stay where they are.

Being both ice and fairy is like stating "Im here to slay dragons"

Hisuian Zoroark has 3 immunities not 2... Ghost is immune to normal & fighting while normal is immune to ghost. I love using it against the fighting team star boss since having it disguises as a Pokemon weak to fighting can basically get me through the fight with 0 damage

That meow from Landorus killed me! 😂

When looking at the Two Zoruarks…it’s like going from one Edgy Girl with issues…to another Edgy Girl with issues with a bit more.

He’s forgetting about the “fun” gimmick where Alolan Muk runs a Smeargle paired moody evasion set

Shout out to Hisuian Goodra, it’s amazing how this guy managed to become one of my favourite Mons just by giving it a shell. Same with Paldean Tauros, I haven’t used one myself but it’s a great regional variant especially for the old kings Tauros

These Pokemon really did need something to help them. Glad Game Freak did something to help. Ninetails has always been one of my favorites and its Alolan form has made it my all time fav

I wish they just gave alolan dugtrio arena trap as well seeing as that has been kantonian dugtrio's whole competitive niche

5:27 made me spit out my drink. Love it

Considering the oshawott line is not only my favorite starter line but favorite Pokémon in general, I seriously couldn’t be happier over hisuian samurott finally making it competitively viable

I can't see these pokemon as being "saved" by their regional variant for exactly the reason of the thumbnail. What exactly does the existence of a regional Muk, or Sirfetch'd or Cursola, do for the mon that's already in your box? Did they get a stat change or new ability? Does Kantonian Grimer evolve into Alolan Muk? Or Johtoan Corsola into a Rock/Ghost Pokemon? Did Kantonian Farfetch'd get an Absir'd evolution, too? No stat boost or ability? The answer is no to pretty much all of them, so in most cases it's not an improved old mon, it's effectively a new mon inspired by an old one.

Galarian Corsola is my favorite regional form. She's my screensaver and is my little sad Grey blob of death.

I don’t care what anyone says, Kleavor is one of my favorite new additions. It’s faster than Scizor, hits harder, and can set stealth rock. Sometimes I run both just because I can!

The Zoroark Disrespect is crazy, both forms are fire.

9:17 it is 3 immunities, ghost from normal and normal and fighting from ghost

I like the idea for a cross-gen evolution video

My favorite Regional variants gotta be Alolan Ninetales it's so beautiful and elegant with a good type combo Ice/Fairy the ultimate Dragon Slayer,Hisiun Goodra being a Steel/Dragon type combo it looking like a derpy slug made it better then the original as well,Alolan Marawok just looks cool as well and ghosts type getting more love is cool,Hisuin Braviery has a better design,and Hisuin Zoroark.

Kanto Dugtrio is better than the Alolan one because of Arena Trap which is a pretty damn good ability

How is being replaced being saved exactly?

Now if only we could get a bug-dragon regional variant for Flygon or Yanmega

I love hisuian Zoroark, but it always will be on my hearth the Zoroark movie with those epic shiny beasts

My personal favorite regional form is Galarian Darmanatan

Always love getting a new JPR vid on my Friday drive home from work

Alolan Sandslash feels like a prototype convergent.

Saying that regional forms "saved" the original, is like saying that Street FIghter adding Evil Ryu into the game "saved" Ryu. If Ryu was a low tier but you liked his playstyle and then Evil Ryu was added who has a similar playstyle but is higher tier, it doesn't save Ryu because you're not playing Ryu. The original is still there, not being used. What's worse is that the regional form takes attention away from the original, which is made even worse when the regional form gets an exclusive evolution that the original doesn't have a counterpart for.

1:18 four move sindrome is literally the opposite tho. Its what you call a pokemon that has way too much useful coverage to fit in 4 moves

Hi JPR. Some corrections i'd submit : Four moves slot syndrome (coz' i Never Heard of a four moves syndrome) is actually thé opposite : there are some much viable moves/sets to put on thé mon' that you'd liké it could run more than only four moves. Exemple : M-Charizard X = Flare Blitz + Dragon Claw + Earthquaque + Dragon Dance ... I wish i had Roost too to neglecte Stealth Rock Cheap Dmg ... For Muk, thé screenshot you show slashes options on the set, so it has many moves he Can chose for thé set 🧐. Alolan Dugtrio is even worst than regular one cause it has'nt Arena Trap as a skill. No says about Tauros of Paldea or Hisuian Goodra 😜? Otherly, régional variants could be more explored upon. Those who doesnt change thé base stat feels sad to me more so because Manau old 'mons could benefit alot by specialising instead of being all rounded UP (my poor Poliwrath 😭 ... A Ghost/Fightin spécial attacker one could be so cool!). Mostly ginving them Signature moves and or abilities IS often good enough to boost them beside thé type change.

Jebus cripes those menu noises were so loud they were almost like jumpscares

Alolan Ninetales so strong, it is still relevant in competitive even today. I use one in my team that climed the masterball rank in doubles in Violet today!

Just a small nitpick but the term "4 move syndrome" dosen't mean that a mon lacks a lot of viable moves, but rather the opposite as it applies to a mon who has tons of options but can't fit them all into it's moveslot, for example how gliscor wants to fit all of roost, defog, knock off, u-turn and e.t.c but can't run all of them

Paldean Tauros is better than original Tauros. I expected it to be here.

I luv regional forms but when a mon gets a new RF it kinda makes the original forgettable

Jesus Christ! Calling Marowak a one trick orphan. Talk about layers. I'm dead just like Cubone's mom

These pokémon weren't saved. If anything they were ruined. Instead of actually fixing and saving the old forms, GF introduced new toys with the same name as the old ones. Old Farfetch'd and Corsola still sucks. Arcanine and Samurott are arguably worse as they're now outclassed by the new forms. To truly save them, they'd have to get rework with new moves, stats and/or abilities (such as Gallade), or even give them an evolution! The Primeape you caught in FRLG might suck, but at least you can evolve it. Your Samurott starter from BW? Tough luck.

I think you misunderstood what "four move syndrome" is, because it's just the opposite of "just having four good moves". If I'm not mistaken, people use that term to talk about Pokémon that have many good moves but can't fit all of them at the same time, to the point they cannot fulfill a role correctly. That typical "ugh I had to sacrifice this good coverage move to have another good coverafe move"

Zoroark was always great and even has its own movie!

Alright, a new video.

I thought Alolan Raichu got a huge buff over regular Raichu because of its Psychic type?

LOVE THE THUMBNAIL!!! Zoroark is my favorite Pokemon! Big fan! Have a nice day!

I appreciate that HAIL 2 U referrence

Had no idea going into legends how much better samurott got and I just chose the water starter cuz I am not a fan of Rowlett line being slow and just not a fan of cyndaquil line in general. Thing was a beast and even more of one in sv

Great video I'd love to see a Pokémon saved by Cross Gen evo video Eviolite Dusclops sure appreciates its

Lol Wolfe "cybertron" Rizzo...the ultimate pokemon master 😆

Glad Hisuain Arcanine and Zoruark are there as they are based on 2 of my 3 top favourite pokemon Arcanine like you is my favourite Zoruark joint 2nd with Tyranitar

Hisuian zoroark just hits different

Starting probably with Gen8's Obstagoon, GameFreak really started making 'better versions' of Pokémon, instead of alternative versions. Obstagoon, Overqwil and Hydrapple are cool, sure, but they make Hoenn Zigzagoon, Johto Qwilfish and Flapple and Appletun just obsolete. I wish they'd find a way to make alternative evolutions without destroying the originals.

Great video, and I was literally just thinking Pokemon may have a gold mine with new forms. They wouldnt have to make a new generation for a while. Just make good stories and change some forms up for the already established different regions!

Would have loved if they buffed kanto-farfetchd . Like I like regionals but dang dude would love if the original mons got helped. Yes he got an atk increase to 95 but he needs an evo like his galar

1:15 lmao that's not what four move syndrome is bro, 4 move syndrome is when you have so many good moves it's hard to pick just 4.

I feel quilfish and farfetch have benefited the most

Next Gen's Gimmick. Armoured 'War Form' Pokemon. Mainlined by 'WarCharizard' and 'BattleChu Pikachu'. XD

Except one thing: The Pokemon in question weren't "saved", they were _replaced_ . "Tired of your old Kantonian Farfetch'd who can evolve (outside of a Gen 2 beta build), who just serves as a bad Japanese joke? Well here's an angrier Galarian form who gains a BIGGER LEAK!!!"

“Pokémon saved by regional forms” and its just replacements with game freak putting no effort into making it up to the original Pokémon.

I was writing stories with a Ice Type Ninetails years before Alola came out.

Alolan ninetails

Banged on my thumb and gave me diarrhea WHY POKEMON

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Not sure any pokemon is saved by a regional form If anything the reginal form just takes its place They are completely different pokemon

You got the exact opposite of what "four move syndrome" means. Pokes that have "four move syndrome" suffer because there's a lot of moves they wish they could run, but are forced to only hold 4 at a time, just like every other poke. It is difficult to pin down what exactly the best moveset for these types of pokemon because they have so many options. Even in the example you posted, Muk can only have 4 moves, but you showed a set with 8 possibilities. Mew is an obvious example of one of these pokemon. Generally, pokemon that aren't amazing sweepers but do have many utility options will have this issue. Another example could be like Mandibuzz: Roost and Defog are must-haves, but everything from Taunt, Foul Play, U-Turn, Toxic, and Knock Off are really great candidates.

Is no-one going to mention Alolan Persian? Took a pokemon that was objectively massively underwhelming ever since the crit mechanics of gen 1 and made it a solid pokemon which got top 8 at worlds 2 years in a row just by giving it dark typing and a great ability in fur coat to go with the great speed stat it had already. If they hadn't screwed it over by letting a certain other cat share its ability to parting shot, it would probably still be seeing reasonable use now

Hisuiuan Zoroark doesn't have 2 immunities..... it has 3. Because Normal is immune to Ghost.

Oh my god where can I find this thumbnail to put it as a profile banner. As a zoroark fan it's too good

So Corsola and Zoroark are saved by turning into ghosts?

Think Weezing deserves an honorable mention. Although it wasn’t saved by its new form, both getting Neutralizing Gas is pretty big.

Would love the cross Gen evo video.

Regional varients are awesome. They do "Convergent evolution" wrong.... technically convergent evolition was around since gen 1... Pidgey and Zubat are an example, they both developed powered flight but likely in very different ways because of biology and environment. The new convergent pokemon are basically just regional forms but they wanted to pad out their smaller and smaller pokedex's

Extremespeed wasn't really an Arcanine signature move, Dratini could get it gen 2 as well and by extension Dragonite

Arcanine's rise to glory is a dream come true!

Mega Evolutions are still the true saviors for third-stage or situational Pokemon who can evolve any further, or Pokemon that we're just denied evolutions for whatever reason.

regional forms don't save anything; they are different pokemon that only share names with the originals. If anything, regional forms screw over the originals even more.

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They weren't save, they just simply replace by better version😢. Why try to fix something when you can made new one

3:30 Honestly, the fall of Ninetales was very predictable even all the way back from gen 5, of the 4 big weather setters in gen 5 (Abomasnow doesn't really count because lol Hail), it was far and away the worst one and the sun teams were also the most fragile in terms of teambuilding (only Sun Stall was a fairly consistent strategy). But Ninetales was almost always a hindrance to it's team, and as more and more of the things that made Sun bearable were banned, Ninetales just got cast further and further into the rabbithole (seriously, now that it cannot even Hypnosis, I dare say that Abomasnow is a better Pokemon in OU than Ninetales, at least you have the fringe option of Darmanitan + Victini to give a reason to play Sun but ....... Ninetales is complete deadweight). Even back in Gen 5 it was very apparent that the *instant* another sun setter came Ninetales would be cast to the shadow realm, that thing was *bad* . I am actually amazed at how little buffs the original form got throughout the years, it's actually insane how left behind it is (especially compared to Arcanine)

regional forms are nice. I wouldn't say it saved pokemon since pokemon has always done well. But regional forms do help promote and raise hype for games. However i think convergent species might replace regional forms since they are easier to explain than having to explain how a past regional form is appearing in current region every time. But maybe they continue doing regional forms. time will tell.

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When it comes to Zoroark, I'd say both are just as good as each other, depending on how you utilise them, after all, Hisuin Zoroark goes down from 1 "easy to guess its zoroark" Sucker Punch!

I'd say Alolan Sandslash and Golem are probably a fair bit better than their originals at least as they are more unique and have less competition with their new typings. Sandslash in particular being much better with the changes to from Hail to Snow.

Make the thumb nail a hoodie!!

Totally agree, i love regional variants.

I just wish they’d stay consistent on how the names work. Why is it Hisuian Arcanine, but it’s Kleavor and Sneasler?

Not my favorite but I've grown fond of my Perrserker

Zoroark had a Normal & Ghost Type

No mention of alolan Raichu :((

Galarian Corsola w/Eviolite.🤪